Chapter 3114 Making ends meet
About the Holy Flame Order, Ebanks had heard some rumors. As early as when he first came to the archdiocese, he heard that there seemed to be one among the followers brought by Soshyan. The teachings of the denomination are less orthodox, and there seems to be some unofficial personnel changes at the top of the archdiocese.
So when Soshyan proposed using certain sects as a cover, he couldn't help but have some concerns. After all, this seemed a bit abnormal, and it didn't look like an arrangement that an Astartes would make, but Soshyan Yang's attitude seemed determined again.
So Ebanks asked Soshyan how to arrange important personnel in the archdiocese, and Soshyan told him that it would naturally be arranged by the pope, and the sect was just a fig leaf.
In addition, in order to dispel the other party's concerns, Soshyan also said that after the archdiocese is militarized in the future, it can even launch a holy war expedition to many dark areas in the Storm Star Territory to further expand the scope of the state religion's influence. At the same time, the Astral Knights will also Actively respond to the call of the state religion.
The key point is naturally the last sentence. This is an unexpected surprise for Ebanks. You must know that most space warriors have a respectful attitude towards the state religion. No matter how much the state religion respects them, they have no influence. It is not even as influential as the Inquisition on the space warriors. Big, this has been a very frustrating thing for the popes of all ages. Even the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a group of Space Marine thugs.
But now Soshyan has the intention to take the initiative to get closer to the state religion. Ebanks did not dare to take it lightly and quickly expressed that this matter was important and he needed to ask the Pope for instructions.
Soshiyang also said that this was no problem, but Tai Lun did not wait for anyone. It took too long for the news to come and go, and he could not guarantee whether there would be any urgent matter to leave. In this case, Ebanks could only allow Soshyan to get things done first, which was tantamount to killing it first and then telling him. In order to appease the other party's uneasy heart, Soshyan told him that he was willing to write a personal letter to the Pope to explain current situation, and expressed the Astral Knights' willingness to establish good relations with the Ecclesiarchy.
This makes Ebanks extremely happy. If it happens, it will be a great achievement. He has attracted a powerful space warrior for the state religion. This merit and capital are enough for him to compete for the position of Cardinal Terra. Got it!
Shortly after the discussion, Ebanks convened the senior members of the Anglican Church in the archdiocese and announced the decision to "permanently jihadize" the archdiocese, which would add 13 fortress worlds and develop 16 industries. world, and add the position of Jihad Lord under the Patriarch. They will be the rulers and military leaders of every fortress world under the Archdiocese. At the same time, a universal military service system will be implemented, and every adult male will undergo regular military training and a series of other measure.
Regarding the Shengyan sect, Ebanks chose to ignore it and let it develop. After all, he was a representative of the Pope and could not support unorthodox sects, but it was enough to pretend not to see it.
However, Ebanks did not realize that the symbols of the Holy Flame Sect not only began to spread in the archdiocese, but also began to appear in large numbers among the unnoticed low-level personnel of the Silent Knights and Faith Watch. Appear.
It stands to reason that these things will keep Soshyan busy for a while, but fortunately with the help of Velez and Silu, and at the same time, Ustad is becoming more and more mature in handling government affairs, so Soshyan is relaxed. There was a lot of time to deal with military affairs, including awards, honors, promotions and other tasks. In addition, considering that there must be chaos over there at the Trace of Victory, Soshyan asked Malakin, Seth and others to lead The respective battle groups returned first, leaving only Arash and the White Templar.
Before Malakin and others left, Soshyan also replenished some ships for the allies of the Suffering Alliance. After all, everyone suffered heavy losses in this battle and nothing was captured. It happened that Zhao-A Qatar, Ulan Huda, and other forging worlds (payments from previous auctions) provided a batch of new warships that arrived in the archdiocese. Soshyan simply transferred some frigates, destroyers and other small boats to the allies, among which Soshyan, the Lamenter who suffered the most losses, was also the most generous, handing two strike cruisers and six frigates to Malakin, at least allowing their fleet to regain a certain combat effectiveness.
At this point, there are only a few battleships in the hands of the Astral Knights. There are only 2 Revenge-class large cruisers (delivered by Grea) and 1 Rogun-class light aircraft carrier (Ulanhu delivery), 2 Styx-class heavy cruisers (delivered by Huangquan 8), 3 Viper-class guided missile destroyers (delivered by Ulanhuda), 2 Dreadnought-class light cruisers (delivered by Griffin 4), 5 New star frigates (delivered by Zhao-Akada), 14 Cobra-class destroyers (jointly delivered by multiple forge worlds), 3 Goliath forged ships (delivered by Griffin IV), and Huangquan VIII has been delivered so far Three Styx-class ships are given to the Legion, and the remaining 10 Cardinal-class ships are being modified and awaiting future delivery.
And these warships can't even make up for the losses in this battle, but there's nothing they can do about it. War is like this, and there is no such thing as a guaranteed profit.
When heading to the Archdiocese, the Legion dispatched 27 capital ships and 128 small ships. In a series of battles, the Lunar-class cruiser Nessen's Blade, the Tyrant-class cruiser Aegis, and the Eliminator, Six battleships including the Pluto-class heavy cruiser Invisible Terror, the Vanguard-class strike cruiser Tornado, and the Dictator-class heavy cruiser Spinel (which was too severely damaged during the battle and had to be abandoned) were sunk, and the severely damaged Mars class The battlecruiser Triumph and the battle barge Soulbringer underwent emergency repairs in the Cardinal World's shipyard. Although their sailing capabilities were restored, their combat capabilities were not restored. They needed to be sent to Zhao-Akada for further repairs. In addition, There are 54 small ships sunk or abandoned, which means that the legion has lost 8 capital ships at once, and only 4 capital ships have been supplemented. Counting the Abyss class, there are only 5 ships. The small ships have only supplemented the losses. half.
Then there is the issue of troop rotation. The main forces of Faith Watch are currently deployed in the Benson System and the Cassatsas System. This is already the middle of the Archdiocese and is far away from the Cardinal World. Quite recently, it will also be a very important line of defense in the future. Currently, the archdiocese basically provides troops for Faith Watch at the training speed of a batch of new recruits in 14 weeks.
Although the previous series of fierce battles caused serious losses to the Faith Watch, with a total of eight million people in the Faith Watch, more than one million soldiers were killed and disabled, which is already an exaggerated number, but it also tempered the We have recruited a large number of veterans and officers who are experienced and brave in combat. With them as the backbone, Faith Watch can recover very quickly.
By the time they arrived at the new station to redefine their defenses, the number of Faith Watchers had increased to 15 million. Although the rapid expansion of their numbers had reduced their combat effectiveness to a certain extent, it was also difficult for various heavy equipment to be deployed in time. Supply, many Faith Watch regiments are only light infantry regiments, but they still far exceed the level of local militias. (End of chapter)